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Unapproved Minutes
SDWWA Board Meeting
January 10, 2012
Pierre, SD
Directors Present: Dan Fink, Robin Dykstra, Gavin Graverson, Dave VanCleave, Delron Peters, Kevin Kuiper, Heath Thompson, Jeff Clark, Jerry Adler, Stephanie Akers, Mitch Kannenberg
Directors Absent: Chad Johnson, Rob Kittay, Randy William
Others in Attendance: Malcolm MacDonald
Call to Order: Dan Fink called the meeting to order at 11:40 am. A quorum was present.
Opening Discussion:
Gavin Graverson indicated he had received email from Rob Kittay indicating Rob could not be present at meeting.
Gavin indicated that Rob Kittay’s email listed the following date and locations for the Annual Conference:
Sioux Falls – 2016
Huron – 2017
Deadwood – 2018
Approval of Agenda: Jerry Adler moved to accept the Meeting Agenda. Robin Dysktra seconded. Motion passed.
Minutes: There were no minutes from the previous meeting available.
Old Business: None
Treasurer’s Report: Gavin Graverson read the following from an email from Rob Kittay:
Balances as of December 19, 2011:
Checkbook: $30.205.53
Wells Fargo: $824.34
UBS: $2,906.70
Robin Dysktra moved to approve Treasurer’s Report. Jeff Clark seconded. Motion passed.
Committee Reports: None
“Source to Stream”: There was no Source to Stream Report, and no-one present knew the Article Assignments. Stephanie Akers indicated that Article Submission deadlines are as follows: January 30, April 30, July 1, and October 1. It was indicated that Article Submission assignments will be emailed to everyone at a later date.
Board Meeting Suspended for Lunch: 11:54 am to 12:17 pm
Formed 2012 SDWWA Committees:
There was some discussion regarding the Budget Committee. It was decided to at this time to leave the committee unchanged from the 2011 Budget Committee. The 2011 Budget Committee Members are Dan Graber, Del DeBoer, Rob Kittay and Dave VanCleave. The remaining 2012 committees are as shown in the attached document titled “SDWWA 2012 Committees.”
Review of 2011 Conference: Dan Fink reviewed previous email communication, indicating that each session at conference must have a moderator and an audio-visual (AV) person. Also, speakers should be reminded that they must fill their allotted time on the agenda – finishing early can cause problems with timing. Some members had indicated that the Banquet got a little long. Discussed potential ideas for shortening the Banquet. One suggestion was to pre-draw the Water for People prizes (rather than doing the drawing at the banquet). Then, the winners would simply be announced by Jim Zeck during his presentation of the winners, and acknowledgement of the firms donating the items. Also, it would be advantageous to encourage pre-registration for the conference as this greatly facilitates meal planning, etc.
Preliminary 2012 Conference Arrangements
Pre-Registration
In order to encourage pre-registration (see above), it was moved by Delron Peters that a $10.00 surcharge be added to both member and non-member conference registration fees for those attendees who do not pre-register. Seconded by Dave VanCleave. Discussion – for example, it conference fees are left as they were in 2011, Fees would be as follows:
Member Pre-registration: $60.00
Member No Pre-registration: $70.00
Non-Member Pre-registration: $80.00
Non-Member No Pre-registration: $90.00
Motion passed;
Conference Agenda
Some discussion on what acceptable amount for speaker fees is? General consensus is that this has generally been decided on a case-specific basis.
Some potential general session topics were discussed, including Sid Goss (SDSM&T Professor) South Dakota Demographics, or perhaps US Forest Service on Pine Beetle Infestation of the Black Hills.
There was discussion on whether or not the Conference should have a theme, such as suistainability, or some other theme. No theme was selected, will give it further consideration.
Dan Fink, Kevin Kuiper, and Jerry Adler will develop Small Systems Session
SD AWWA T&E Committee will develop drinking water session
SD WEA will develop wastewater session.
Specific topic suggestions should be ready by next board meeting so that agenda can be finalized by end of July.
Other Conference Items
Must have AV operators & Moderators selected no later than 2-weeks in advance of conference – Mitch Kannenberg to assist Dave VanCleave with AV operator issues.
Discussed potential plant tours, Rapid City’s new water plant will be well underway by then, also some discussion about other tours that may be of interest to a wider audience. Rapid City has a downtown trolley tour. Dave VanCleave will further review potential tours.
Other Business: Gavin Graverson had been contacted by Jesse Neyens (Sioux Falls Environmental) to request, on behalf of the Region 8 Pretreatment Association, a donation to help this industrial wastewater pretreatment group fund meals, etc. at a Conference they are holding in Deadwood in May. This is a national conference focusing on wastewater pretreatment, and historically different groups and associations from the host state have donated funds to offset meal costs, etc. Discussion for making a donation included supporting local wastewater operators who may want to attend and to encourage groups like this to hold conferences in South Dakota. Jerry Adler moved that $500 be donated to the Region 8 Pretreatment Association, Heath Thompson seconded. Motion passed.
Water Festival donation amounts were discussed. It has been previously decided by the Budget Committee that a maximum of $1000 be donated for Water Festivals, with a maximum amount of $500 per festival. No board action was needed or taken on this topic.
Dan Fink asked the Board to consider the potential benefits of SDWWA having a booth at the SDARWS Technical Conference. He indicated that he often sees many operators at the SDARWS Conference that he doesn’t see at other conferences, and a booth there may be a way to reach out to new members. The SDWWA does not have a booth at this time. No board action taken at this time.
There was some discussion regarding potentially re-naming the scholarship award to memorialize JR Yde. It was suggested to invite Jim Zeck to attend the next SDWWA Board meeting to further discuss.
Next Board Meeting: The next board meeting was scheduled for 11:30 am, on Friday, April 27, 2012, at Al’s Oasis in Chamberlain.
Adjournment: Kevin Kuiper moved to adjourn the meeting. Robin Dysktra seconded. Motion passed. Meeting adjourned at 1:15 pm.
Unapproved Minutes
SDWWA 2011 Annual Business Meeting
September 15, 2011
Huron, SD
Call to Order: By President Dykstra at 12:22 pm. Approximately 175 were in attendance.
Agenda-The agenda had been provided to the attendees. Graber moved for approval. Verhey seconded. Motion passed.
Dykstra thanked the Commercial Committee, WEA, and AWWA Section for their work on the Conference. He also reviewed the Tuesday nite Board meeting for the attendees.
Minutes: The minutes of the 2010 Business Meeting were distributed. Swanson moved for approval. Graber seconded. Motion passed.
Old Business: Dykstra called for Old Business. There was none forthcoming.
Officers for 2011-12: Dykstra announced that Dan Fink would be the 2011-12 President and Dave Van Cleave would be the President-Elect.
Vice-President: The candidate from the Board was Gavin Graverson. Dykstra called for nominations from the floor. Zeck moved that nominations cease, and a unanimous ballot be cast for Graverson. Swanson seconded. Motion passed.
Secretary/Treasurer: The candidate from the Board was Rob Kittay. Dykstra called for nominations from the floor. None were forthcoming. Zeck moved that nominations cease, and a unanimous ballot be cast. Kappel seconded. Motion passed.
Outgoing Directors: Bisgard, Graber, and Monson are the outgoing directors and were recognized.
New Directors for 2011-12: The three directors recommended by the Nominating Committee were Chad Johnson for the Manufacturers Rep position, Mitch Kannenberg for the AWWA position, and DelRon Peters for the WEA position. Dykstra called for nominations from the floor. Kittay moved to accept the candidates. Schmit seconded. Motion passed. Heath Thompson from Howard was nominated to fill Graverson’s director position. Kittay moved that nominations cease and a unanimous vote be cast. Kannenberg seconded. Motion passed.
Dykstra thanked the Association for allowing him to serve as President. The ceremonial passing of the gavel to 2011-12 President Fink took place.
Zeck announced that raffle tickets were still for sale.
Conference Watch: Kittay/Juelfs conducted the drawing. Walter Bauer of Aberdeen won the watch.
New Business: The sites of the future conferences were announced as follows: 2012-RC Ramkota, 2013-Aberdeen Ramkota, 2014-Watertown Ramkota, 2015-Spearfish.
Pipe Tapping Results were given.
Adjournment: Van Cleave moved for adjournment. Merrigan seconded. Motion passed. Meeting adjourned at 12:45 pm.
Rob Kittay
Date 9-18-2011
Secretary
Unapproved Minutes
SDWWA Board Meeting
September 13, 2011
Huron, SD
Members Present: Rob Kittay, Robin Dykstra, Gary Englund, Dan Fink, Dan Graber, Rudy William, Kevin Kuiper, Kirsten Bisgard, Tim Monson, Jeff Clark, Steph Akers, Dave Van Cleave, Jerry Adler,Gavin Graverson
Member Absent:
Others Present: Jan Kittay, Kim Verhey,
Call to Order: Dykstra called the meeting to order at 6:07 pm. A quorum was present.
Approval of Agenda: England moved for approval. Clark seconded. Motion passed.
Minutes: The minutes were emailed by Kittay and were on web site. Kittay moved to approve minutes. Fink seconded. Motion passed.
Old Business: None
Treasurer’s Report: Kittay reported that there was $37,512.27 in the checkbook plus $2906.70 in the UBS account. A full report of the income and payments was provided. Kittay indicated that the account should be lowered. A check for $10,000 had been written in March for the SDWWA Scholarship but that committee ran into problems with the investment. That check has been voided and the committee will start over on that issue. Adler moved to accept report. Akers seconded. Motion passed.
Auditing Committee: Andrea Griese and Randy Hilding were on the committee. The audit was done in August, 2011. The books were in order. Fink moved to accept the report. William seconded. Motion passed.
Nominations Committee: R Dykstra gave the report for the committee. The committee put forth DelRon Peters for the WEA position, Mitch Kannenberg for the AWWA position, and Chad Johnson as the Manufacturers Rep as directors. Gavin Graverson was nominated as VP. Heath Thompson was nominated to take Graverson’s director position. Van Cleave moved for acceptance. Kittay seconded. Motion passed.
Other Committees: There were no reports.
Water Seminar: The committee met this afternoon and developed an agenda. It will be held at the SF Ramkota on February 22-23, 2012.
WW Seminar: Englund reported that the seminar will be held on the first week of May at the SF Ramkota.
2011-2012 Officers: Fink will be president, Dykstra will be past-president, and Van Cleave will become president-elect.
Secretary-Treasurer: Kuiper nominated Kittay with Graverson seconding. Motion passed. Kittay will be the Board’s candidate for S/T.
Scholarships: SDWWA-Verhey gave the report. $25,927 total for SDWWA Scholarship. $15,000 has been invested with Wells Fargo. The committee is to meet during conference. The winner has been determined for this year and the check sent to the school. Fink wanted to supplement the SDWWA scholarship w/ more money. Kittay moved to have the original $15,000 fund a $500 scholarship with the excess going to a second scholarship. The $10,000 interest would also go to the second scholarship. The SDWWA will then makeup whatever money is needed to make the second scholarship in $500. Clarke seconded. Motion passed.
Graber entered meeting.
Jim Zeck will become the new chairperson for the scholarship committee with Verhey staying on as a member.
SDSU/SDSMT scholarships-Kittay moved that $2000 be given each to SDSU and SDSMT to fund two scholarships at each school. Englund seconded. Motion passed.
Sioux Empire Water Festival: Englund moved that $1000 festival w/ $500 maximum to any one festival with January 30 as an application deadline. Clarke seconded. Motion passed.
2011 Conference Concerns: There was discussion about the lack of rooms in Huron for Conference. Kittay explained that SDWWA had the Crossroads reserved for at least four years for the Conference. A racing group had decided w/in the last year to hold races at the same time. There had been plenty of time for people to have gotten their room arrangements taken care of and not wait until the last few weeks before Conference.
S2S article assignments-1st qtr- Dykstra Kuiper William
2nd-Akers Kittay Gavin Fink
3rd-Van Cleave Thompson Clarke Adler
4th-Peters Kannenberg Johnson
Other Business: Mailing Permit #19-The permit was formerly used for Clarifier but now S2S is mailed out of Sioux Falls. In the past year, it was used only for the renewals as flyers for the conference and seminars were not sent. The only notification of these was thru the web site and Kittay’s email list of 100’s of water/wastewater systems.
Next Meeting: Proposed date of January 10, 2012 just prior to the SDARWS Conference in Pierre.
Adler moved for adjournment. Graverson seconded. Meeting adjourned at 7:58 pm.
September 18, 2011
Rob Kittay
Secretary
Unapproved Minutes
SDWWA Board Meeting
June 10, 2011
Oacoma, SD
Members Present: Rob Kittay, Robin Dykstra, Dan Fink, Kevin Kuiper, Stephanie Akers, Jerry Adler, Dave Van Cleave, Gary Englund
Member Absent: Kirsten Bisgard, Tim Monson, Jeff Clark, Dan Graber, Rudy William, Gavin Graverson
Others Present: None
Call to Order: Dykstra called the meeting to order at 12:24. A quorum was present. The Board introduced themselves.
Approval of Agenda: Van Cleave moved for approval. Fink seconded. Motion passed.
Minutes: The minutes were passed out by Kittay. Judy Krege was misidentified on minutes. Englund moved to approve amended minutes. Adler seconded. Motion passed.
Old Business: 30 Year Longevity Award-Dykstra explained the thoughts behind the creation of a new award for 30 year water/wastewater personnel that are not certified. The Siger Bies Award is a 30 year award that only certified water/wastewater operators are eligible for. Englund moved to approve the new award. Adler seconded. Motion passed with Kittay abstaining.
Treasurer’s Report: Kittay reported on the following accounts-
SDWWA checkbook-$45,059.38 as of 5/16/2011
UBS Account-$2906.70 as of 4/29/2011
Wells-Fargo Low Activity Checking Account (Scholarship)-$345.95 as of 4/30/2011
The additional money authorized to be put into SDWWA Scholarship has not been moved yet. Kittay has contacted Verhey about this. The SDSU/SDSMT scholarships, Conference disbursement, and seminar profit checks were written since this bank statement.
Adler moved to accept report. Akers seconded. Motion passed.
Budget Committee: Van Cleave gave the report that Graber had put together. Kittay suggested that a calendar year be used. A few ideas were suggested to spend some of the association funds. Kittay moved to approve that proposed budget. Englund seconded. Motion passed.
Seminars: Englund reported on the WW seminar. There were 72 people in attendance and there were many good presentations. Kittay asked about the DENR awards. Englund stated that by knowing who was at seminar that was receiving the awards, it ran much better. The seminar netted about $1900.
“Source to Stream” (S2S): Kittay reported that Therese Hanson was moving to Omaha and will not be an editor any longer. This is an issue for the S2S board to handle.
2011 Committees: The Board formed committees for the coming year. It should be noted that the AWWA and SDWEA reps’ terms are expiring this year as well as the Manufacturers’ Rep. Englund moved to accept the committees as formed. Van Cleave seconded. Motion passed.
2011 Conference Concerns: Kittay reported on the basic structure of conference. AWWA/WEA will keep their spots on agenda as assigned for the past few years. Numerous topics for presentations were given.
Other Business: There was no other business.
Kittay moved for adjournment. Englund seconded. Meeting adjourned at 2:13 pm.
June 14, 2011
Rob Kittay, Secretary
Unapproved Minutes
SDWWA 2010 Annual Business Meeting
September 16, 2010
Sioux Falls, SD
Call to Order: By President Englund at 12:26 pm. Approximately 200 were in attendance.
Agenda-The agenda had been provided to the attendees. Felton moved for approval. Odens seconded. Motion passed.
Englund thanked the Commercial Committee, WEA, and AWWA Section for their work on the Conference. He also reviewed the Tuesday nite Board meeting for the attendees.
Minutes: The minutes of the 2009 Business Meeting were distributed. Merrigan moved for approval. Graber seconded. Motion passed.
Old Business: Englund called for Old Business. There was none forthcoming.
Officers for 2010-11: Englund announced that Robin Dykstra would be the 2010-11 President and Dan Fink would be the President-Elect.
Vice-President: The candidate from the Board was Dave Van Cleave. Englund called for nominations from the floor. Kittay moved that nominations cease, and a unanimous ballot be cast for Van Cleave. Odens seconded. Motion passed.
Secretary/Treasurer: The candidate from the Board was Rob Kittay. Englund called for nominations from the floor. None were forthcoming. Felton moved that nominations cease, and a unanimous ballot be cast. Schmit seconded. Motion passed.
Outgoing Directors: Del DeBoer, Doug Dykstra, and Bill Selland are the outgoing directors and were recognized.
New Directors for 2010-11: The three directors recommended by the Nominating Committee were Stephanie Akers from Hot Springs, Jerry Adler from Howard, and Gavin Graverson from Sioux Falls. Englund called for nominations from the floor. Kittay moved to accept the candidates. Badten seconded. Motion passed.
Englund thanked the Association for allowing him to serve as President. The ceremonial passing of the gavel to 2010-11 President Dykstra took place.
Conference Watch: Hilding conducted the drawing. Dean Schilling won the watch.
New Business: The sites of the future conferences were announced as follows: 2011-Huron Crossroads Inn, 2012-RC Ramkota, 2013-Aberdeen Ramkota, 2014-Watertown Ramkota, 2015-Spearfish.
Adjournment: Kittay moved for adjournment. Sarringar seconded. Motion passed. Meeting adjourned at 12:50 pm.
Rob Kittay, Secretary
9-18-2010
Unapproved Minutes
SDWWA Board Meeting
May 14, 2010
Oacoma, SD
Members Present:
Rob Kittay, Robin Dykstra, Gary Englund, Dan Fink, Del DeBoer, Dan
Graber, Rudy William, Kevin Kuiper
Member Absent:
Kirsten Bisgard, Tim Monson, Jeff Clark, Wayne Fletcher, Bill
Selland, Doug Dykstra
Others Present: John Cloud and Jeff Hines-AWWA
Call to Order: Englund called the meeting to order at 11:45 am. A quorum was present.
Approval of Agenda: Englund wanted to discuss funding requests & compensation for speakers. Kittay moved to accept the amended agenda. Graber seconded. Motion passed.
Minutes: The minutes were emailed by Kittay. R Dykstra moved to approve amended minutes. Kittay seconded. Motion passed.
Old Business: None
Treasurer’s Report: Kittay reported the following balances on accounts-
SDWWA Checkbook $48,102.95 as of April statement
Source to Stream 17,380.09 as of April 30, 2010
Wells Fargo Checking 130.44 as of April 30, 2010
UBS Account 3151.60 as of April 30, 2010
For the Wells Fargo account, this is just the interest earned from the $15,000 in the SDWWA Scholarship account. The AWWA and WEF shares of seminars and yearly allotments have not been paid while the checks for the SDSU/SDSMT scholarships ($1000 each) were just written. Kittay also just received the Ramkota Inn bill for the Water Seminar.
Graber moved to accept report. R Dykstra seconded. Motion passed.
“Source to Stream”: Kittay reminded board members to submit their annual articles to S2S.
Committees: The Award Committees were formed. Kittay will send an email to systems and Muni League.
2015 Conference: Kittay moved to have the 2015 Conference at the Spearfish Holiday Inn. R Dykstra seconded. Motion passed.
2010 Conference: Kittay had previously emailed a skeleton agenda for conference. The Board offered suggestions for topics. Schedule with topics needs to be done by July 15 for the conference flyer with speakers confirmed by August 1. Kittay will do a preliminary email on the conference attaching last year’s flyer to show a general flavor of the conference.
Other Business: Englund spoke about the Sioux Empire Water Festival and the Haiti Earthquake relief. DeBoer suggested that a budget line item be established. Kittay moved that $500 be given to the Sioux Empire 2010 Water Festival. R Dykstra seconded. Kittay amended the motion to have money go to 2011 Festival. R Dykstra seconded. Motion passed.
DeBoer suggested that SDWWA establish a budget each year. Graber spoke in favor of this. Kittay move to form a Budget Committee. DeBoer seconded. Motion passed. Englund appointed Kittay, DeBoer, Graber, and himself on the committee.
Englund spoke about paying for speakers again. It was confirmed that SDWWA would pay for motivational type speakers only-Not technical speakers. R Dykstra will pursue a speaker for Conference.
Fink spoke about establishing a stipend/scholarship for operators to attend the conference. This effort will be dealt with by the Budget Committee.
R Dykstra moved for adjournment. Graber seconded. Meeting adjourned at 1:45 pm.
May 19, 2010
Rob Kittay
Secretary
Unapproved Minutes
SDWWA 2009 Annual Business Meeting
September 17, 2009
Spearfish, SD
Call to Order: By President Fletcher at 12:26 pm. Approximately 200 were in attendance.
Agenda-The agenda had been provided to the attendees. Schmit moved for approval. Swanson seconded. Motion passed.
Fletcher thanked the Commercial Committee, Gary Englund, WEA, and AWWA Section for their work on the Conference. He also reviewed the Tuesday nite Board meeting for the attendees. Minutes: The minutes of the 2008 Business Meeting had been published on the SDWWA web site. Raysor moved for approval. Doug Dykstra seconded. Motion passed.
Old Business: Fletcher called for Old Business. There was none forthcoming.
Officers for 2009-10: Fletcher announced that Gary Englund would be the 2009-10 President and Robin Dykstra would be the President-Elect.
Vice-President: The candidate from the Board was Dan Fink. Fletcher called for nominations from the floor. Kittay moved that nominations cease, and a unanimous ballot be cast for Fink. Odens seconded. Motion passed.
Secretary/Treasurer: The candidate from the Board was Rob Kittay. Fletcher called for nominations from the floor. None were forthcoming. Kittay moved that nominations cease, and a unanimous ballot be cast. Swanson seconded. Motion passed.
Outgoing Directors: Dan Fink, John Cloud, and Vince Juelfs are the outgoing directors and were recognized.
New Directors for 2009-10: The three directors recommended by the Nominating Committee were Jeff Clark from Wall, Kevin Kuiper from Platte, and Randy William form the Lead-Deadwood Sanitary District. Fletcher called for nominations from the floor. Kittay moved to accept the candidates. Selland seconded. Motion passed.
Honorary Members: Fletcher announced that the Board had voted to bestow Honorary Membership upon Al Erickson of HDR and Pete Hesla of Aberdeen for their loyal service to the Association. A vote of the Association is needed to affirm this action. Kittay moved to have Hesla and Erickson be Honorary Members. Brinker seconded. Motion passed.
Fletcher thanked the Association for allowing him to serve as President. The ceremonial passing of the gavel to 2009-10 President Englund took place.
Conference Watch: As tradition dictates, Kittay read the conference watch rules, and Hilding conducted the drawing. Joe Munson won the watch.
New Business: The sites of the future conferences were announced as follows: 2010-Sioux Falls Ramkota, 2011-Huron Crossroads Inn, 2012-RC Ramkota, 2013-Aberdeen Ramkota, and 2014-Watertown Ramkota.
Deb Houshell of WEF presented the Bedell Award to Chris Schmit.
Morris Elcock presented an award to Brad Lawrence for his work with SD WARN.
Adjournment: Brinker moved for adjournment. Stockert seconded. Motion passed. Meeting adjourned at 12:50 pm.
Rob Kittay, Secretary
9-10-2010
Unapproved Minutes
SDWWA
Board Meeting
September 15, 2009
Spearfish, SD
Members Present: Rob Kittay, Jim Raysor, John Cloud, Dan Fink, Wayne Fletcher, Robin Dykstra, Gary Englund, Doug Dykstra, Bill Selland, Del DeBoer, Dan Graber, Kristin Bisgard, Tim Monson
Member Absent: Vince Juelfs
Others Present: Kim Verhey, Cindy Raysor
Call to Order: Fletcher called the meeting to order at 7:22 pm. A quorum was present. The Board introduced themselves.
Approval of Agenda: DeBoer moved to accept the agenda. Graber seconded. Motion passed.
Minutes: The minutes were emailed by Kittay and were on web site. Fink moved to approve minutes. Raysor seconded. Motion passed.
Old Business: None
Treasurer’s Report: Kittay reported that there was $36,184.50 in the checkbook plus the CD. A full report of the income and payments was provided. R Dykstra moved to accept report. Raysor seconded. Motion passed.
Auditing Committee: Andrea Griese and Gayleen Lowe were on the committee. The audit was done on September 3, 2009. The fiscal year end balance was $36,184.50 with $3376.38 in the CD. The books were in order. Fink moved to accept the report. Graber seconded. Motion passed.
Nominations Committee: R Dykstra gave the report for the committee. The committee put forth Kevin Kuiper-Platte, Jeff Clark-Wall, and Rudy William-Lead-Deadwood Sanitary District as directors. Dan Fink was nominated as VP. Kittay moved for acceptance. Graber seconded. Motion passed.
Honorary Members: Kittay moved that Al Erickson of Sioux Falls and Pete Hesla of Aberdeen be nominated for Honorary Membership. Raysor seconded. Motion passed.
WW Seminar: The seminar will be held in Rapid City. March 23-24-25 are the possible dates. The committee has met and gathered topics.
“Source to Stream”:
Article assignments-
November-Kittay, R Dykstra, Graber, Monson
February-Bisgard, DeBoer, D Dykstra, Englund
April-Graber, Fletcher, Fink
July-New directors
2009-2010 Officers: Englund will be president, Fletcher will be past-president, and R Dykstra will become president-elect.
Secretary-Treasurer: Raysor nominated Kittay with Graber seconding. Motion passed. Kittay will be the Board’s candidate for S/T.
Scholarships: DeBoer gave a report. $1000 per yr can be a stand alone scholarship. A memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was presented. Raysor moved to accept. D Dykstra seconded. Motion passed. Bisgard moved that $1000 be given each to SDSU and SDSMT scholarships. Monson seconded. Motion passed.
Verhey spoke about the SDWWA scholarship. There is $17,075 total in scholarship fund with $2270 in checkbook. This year, $500 will go to the scholarship winner with the check being written out to the school. The announcement will be done at the banquet. Don Wessel is the name sake of the scholarship for this year. Raysor moved to add $1000 to scholarship. He also spoke about getting money from membership to get up to $20,000. R Dykstra seconded. Motion passed.
2014/2015 Conferences: Englund reported that the Brookings Days Inn should be taken out of the running for the Conference. Kittay investigated the Watertown Ramkota, and they have room in 2014. Some people wanted to get info on the Lodge at Deadwood for the 2015 Conference. Kittay moved to have the 2014 Conference at the Watertown Ramkota/Events Center. D Dykstra seconded. Motion passed.
2009 Conference Concerns: Englund said that an American flag was needed for meeting room. The National Anthem and flag entry need to be coordinated. The ceremonial passing of the gavel will occur at the luncheon business meeting.
Other Business: None
Selland moved for adjournment. Raysor seconded. Meeting adjourned at 8:30 pm.
Rob Kittay
Secretary
September 18, 2009
Unapproved Minutes
SDWWA Board Meeting
May 15, 2009
Oacoma, SD
Members Present: Rob Kittay, Jim Raysor, Robin Dykstra, Wayne Fletcher, Gary Englund, Doug Dykstra, Del DeBoer, Dan Graber
Member Absent: Vince Juelfs, Bill Selland, John Cloud, Kirsten Bisgard, Tim Monson, Dan Fink
Others Present: Tanya Miller
Call to Order: Fletcher called the meeting to order at 11:54 am. A quorum was present.
Approval of Agenda: DeBoer wanted to talk about scholarships. R Dykstra would like to discuss the passing of the gavel. Kittay moved to accept the amended agenda. D Dykstra seconded. Motion passed.
Minutes: The minutes were emailed by Kittay. Raysor moved to approve amended minutes. DeBoer seconded. Motion passed.
Old Business: None
Treasurer’s Report: Kittay reported the following balances on accounts-
SDWWA Checkbook $41,410.34
Source to Stream 17,107.44
Wells Fargo Checking 414.92
UBS Account 3376.14
There is approximately $2700 of SDWWA Scholarship contained within the SDWWA account. The AWWA and WEF shares of seminars and yearly allotments have not been paid. Kittay noted that were was quite a bit of money in SDWWA account. Keynote speakers for conference/seminars, more scholarship money, and lower conference costs were ideas presented to reduce this amount of money.
Graber moved to accept report. D Dykstra seconded. Motion passed.
Scholarship: DeBoer presented a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) on the SDWWA Scholarship for Environmental Engineering Studies at SDSU (SDWWA Scholarship). This pertains to the money that is currently given each year. The Dornbush Scholarship is fully funded and gives a scholarship with the interest earned. These are two separate scholarships. Raysor suggested that the recipient of the SDWWA Scholarship be a member of the Student Chapter of WEF/AWWA. Raysor moved to approve amended agreement. R Dykstra seconded. Motion passed. DeBoer will come back with a final version of the MOA.
“Source to Stream”: Kittay reviewed the email received from Erin Steever. R Dykstra moved to accept report. D Dykstra seconded. Motion passed.
Committees: The Award Committees were formed. An email should be sent to South Dakota Municipal League to advertise the awards.
New Computer for SDWWA: Kittay explained that the current laptop is seven years old, has old software, and locks up on occasion. He said that a new computer is desired. DeBoer moved to buy a new computer/printer/software with a limit of $2500. R Dykstra seconded. Motion passed.
Future Conferences: Kittay moved to have the 2013 Conference at the Aberdeen Ramkota. R Dykstra seconded. Motion passed. Discussion centered around the status of Brookings Days inn being able to hold conference in 2014. Englund and DeBoer will investigate the Days Inn. Raysor will look into Deadwood Ramkota being able to hold 2015 Conference. It was noted that Al Erickson had investigated that facility for the 2012 Conference; however, the room rates were too high. Raysor will also look into a restaurant for the Tuesday nite board meeting.
2009 Conference: Kittay passed out a skeleton agenda for conference. The Board offered suggestions for topics.
Other Business: Kittay moved to eliminate watch drawing at the Annual Conference. Englund seconded. Motion failed.
It was asked if anyone saw “Liquid Assets”-a PBS production that SDWWA contributed to so that it would be shown in SD. A couple members saw it and thought it was good.
Raysor asked about setting up a bus to go to Deadwood during Conference. The concensus was that it would be OK; however, it would not be noted in program.
DeBoer moved for adjournment. D Dykstra seconded. Meeting adjourned at 2:45 pm.
Rob Kittay
Secretary
May 19, 2009
Unapproved Minutes
SDWWA 2008 Annual Business Meeting
September 11, 2008
Pierre, SD
Call to Order: By President Raysor at 12:33 pm. Approximately 200 were in attendance.
Raysor thanked the Commercial Committee, Wayne Fletcher, WEA, and AWWA Section for their work on the Conference. He also reviewed the Tuesday night Board meeting for the attendees.
Minutes: The minutes of the 2007 Business Meeting had been published on the SDWWA web site. Royalty moved for approval. Swanson seconded. Motion passed.
Old Business: Raysor called for Old Business and none was forthcoming.
Constitutional Amendments: The Board passed numerous constitutional amendments that must now be approved by the membership. Copies were made available at registration desk and were passed out to those in attendance. Raysor explained the changes. Verhey moved that the changes be adopted all together. Stefanich seconded. Motion passed.
Officers for 2008-09: Raysor announced that Wayne Fletcher would be the 2008-09 President and Gary Englund would be the President-Elect.
Vice-President: The candidate from the Board was Robin Dykstra. Raysor called for nominations from the floor. Kittay moved that nominations cease, and a unanimous ballot be cast for Dykstra. Yde seconded. Motion passed.
Secretary/Treasurer: The candidate from the Board was Rob Kittay. Raysor called for nominations from the floor. None were forthcoming. Swanson moved that nominations cease, and a unanimous ballot be cast. Clark seconded. Motion passed.
Outgoing Directors: Tyler Smith, Robin Dykstra, and Thad Konrad are the outgoing directors and were recognized.
New Directors for 2008-09: The three directors recommended by the Nominating Committee were Dan Graber from WEA, Kristin Bisgard from AWWA, and Tim Monson for Manufacturers’ Group. Raysor called for nominations from the floor. Kittay moved to accept the candidates. Royalty seconded. Motion passed.
Raysor thanked the Association for allowing him to serve as President. The ceremonial passing of the gavel to 2008-09 President Fletcher took place. Fletcher introduced the entire board.
Meter Competition: Joe Honner gave the results.
Conference Watch: As tradition dictates, Kittay read the conference watch rules, and Hilding conducted the drawing. Craig Mitchell won the watch.
New Business: The sites of the future conferences were announced as follows: 2009-Spearfish, 2010-Sioux Falls, 2011-Huron, and 2012-RC.
Adjournment: Zeck moved for adjournment. Yde seconded. Motion passed. Meeting adjourned at 12:52 pm.
9-18-2008
Rob Kittay, Secretary
Unapproved Minutes
SDWWA Board Meeting
September 9, 2008
Pierre, SD
Members Present: Rob Kittay, Vince Juelfs, Jim Raysor, John Cloud, Dan Fink, Wayne Fletcher, Robin Dykstra, Gary Englund, Doug Dykstra, Bill Selland, Del DeBoer
Member Absent: Peggi Badten, Thad Konrad, Tyler Smith
Others Present: Jan Kittay
Call to Order: Raysor called the meeting to order at 7:23 pm. A quorum was present. The Board introduced themselves.
Approval of Agenda: R Dykstra moved to accept the amended agenda. DeBoer seconded. Motion passed.
Minutes: The minutes were emailed by Kittay and were on web site. Juelfs moved to approve minutes. Fink seconded. Motion passed.
Old Business: None
Treasurer’s Report: Kittay reported that there was $44,007.19 in the checkbook plus the CD ($3494.28). A full report of the income and payments was provided. Raysor explained what is going to be happening with the scholarship money. Selland moved to accept report. R Dykstra seconded. Motion passed.
Auditing Committee: Raysor gave the report. Andrea Griese, Carl Johnson, and Mark McIntire were on the committee. The audit was done on September 3, 2008. The fiscal year end balance was $43,987.19, $3494.28 in the CD, and the books were in order. Fink moved to accept the report. Englund seconded. Motion passed. Englund moved that the secretary/treasurer honorarium be issued. Fink seconded. Motion passed. DeBoer asked for an accounting of the S2S. Kittay stated that he would follow-up on that.
Nominations Committee: There are pending changes to the Constitution that effect the makeup of the Board with AWWA and WEA getting designated slots this year. The AWWA/WEA reps will ne in charge of the respective seminars and for their associations’ portions of the conference agenda. Englund gave the report for the committee. The committee put forth Kristin Bisgard-AWWA, Dan Graber-WEA, and Tim Monson as directors. Robin Dykstra was nominated as VP. Kittay moved for acceptance of the report. D Dykstra seconded. Motion passed.
Wastewater Seminar-Englund reported that the committee had met that afternoon. The seminar will be held around the end of March in either Mitchell or Sioux Falls.
Water Seminar- DeBoer reported that the program had been competed. It will be held at the RC Ramkota on February 11-12. R Dykstra moved that the seminar reports be accepted. Englund seconded. Motion passed.
“Source to Stream”:
2008-2009 Officers: Fletcher will be president, Raysor will be past-president, and Englund will become president-elect.
Secretary-Treasurer-Raysor nominated Kittay with Englund seconding. Motion passed. Kittay will be the Board’s candidate for S/T.
Scholarships: Kittay gave a brief description of previous years’ scholarship program. Kittay moved to continue scholarship program for 2008-2009 in the amount of $1000 to each school. DeBoer stated that funding at $1000 at SDSU could be a stand-alone scholarship. Englund seconded. Motion passed.
Verhey spoke about the SDWWA scholarship. There will be awards made to the donators at the banquet. The funds will be invested w/ Edward D Jones.
Fink moved to put $3000 from the SDWWA General Funds be put into SDWWA scholarship for this year. Raysor seconded. DeBoer suggested that the scholarship award be made by April 30 of each year. DeBoer will also be on committee. Motion passed.
Paying for Speakers: The current policy is to not pay for technical speakers. DeBoer moved to maintain that policy except for motivational/personal development speakers. Englund seconded. AWWA/WEF pay for their national reps. Motion passed.
2008 Conference Concerns: Doug Dykstra asked about credit card usage. Kittay stated that with only three events it would be not cost effective and currently we are not set up to do so.
Raysor suggested that “core beliefs” (policies) be setup for SDWWA similar to what is done by the SD Municipal League.
Other Business: None
Kittay moved for adjournment. D Dykstra seconded. Meeting adjourned at 8:17 pm.
September 18, 2008Rob Kittay, Secretary
Unapproved Minutes
SDWWA Board Meeting
Members Present: Rob Kittay, Jim Raysor, Dan Fink, Robin Dykstra, Wayne Fletcher, Gary Englund, Doug Dykstra, Thad Konrad,
Member Absent: Del DeBoer, Tyler Smith, Vince Juelfs, Bill Selland, Peggi Badten, John Cloud
Others Present: Mitch Kannenberg-AWWA
Call to Order: Raysor called the meeting to order at 11:40 am. A quorum was present.
Approval of Agenda: Fletcher moved to accept the amended agenda. Englund seconded. Motion passed.
Minutes: The minutes were emailed by Kittay. Fink moved to approve amended minutes. Robin Dykstra seconded. Motion passed.
Old Business: None
Treasurer’s Report: Kittay reported that, as of April 17, 2008, there was $50,356.19 in the checkbook plus the UBS account has $3475.66 as of April 30, 2008. There is approximately $12,000 for SDWWA Scholarship contained within the SDWWA account. Kittay would like that money moved out. Raysor will talk to Verhey about doing such. Robin Dykstra moved to accept report. Doug Dykstra seconded. Motion passed.
Committee Reports: None
“Source to Stream”: Kittay noted that there were only two articles in the May S2S-One from DENR and one from the Lake Traverse Reservation. Everything else was reports from AWWA, award descriptions, or a reprint from the SDARWS publication. Board members need to submit articles. The editors (Steever/Purchase) are to publish what they are given—not necessarily looking for or writing articles. Kittay reviewed article assignments-
Article assignments-
November-Kittay, Dykstra, Fink
February-Badten, Konrad, Juelfs
April-Raysor, Smith, Fletcher, Cloud
July-New directors, Englund
AWWA/WEA/SDWWA Combined Meeting: Raysor gave a review of discussions. Kittay spoke about some possible amendments to Constitution to reflect the items discussed at meeting. There was also discussion on revenue sharing from the seminars. Kittay moved for a 50% share of Water Seminar profit/loss go to AWWA-SD Section and a 50% share of Wastewater Seminar profit/loss go to SD WEA. Raysor seconded. Motion passed.
Each section of the Constitution Amendments was handled separately-
Article II
Object
The objectives of the Association shall be:
(a) …
(b) …
(c) The cooperation
with, and promotion of, the South Dakota Section of the American Water
Works Association (AWWA) and the South Dakota Association of the
Water Pollution Control Federation (WPCF) Water Environment
Association (WEA).
(d) The encouragement
for social intercourse among its members of a friendly exchange
of information and experience amongst its members
Article II-Fletcher moved. Doug Dyksta seconded. Motion passed.
Article III
Membership
Section 1 …
Section 2 …
Section 3. A member shall be anyone with an interest in the water and/or wastewater field. (Delete rest of Section 3 referring to whom may be a member of SDWWA)
Article III-Englund moved. Fink seconded. Motion passed.
Article IV
Fees and Dues
Section 1. Each Active Member shall pay annual dues of ten dollars. Honorary Members shall pay no dues.
(Delete rest of Section 1 referring to dispersion of membership dues)
Article IV-Fink moved. Doug Dykstra seconded. Motion passed.
Article V
Executive Committee
Section 1. There shall
be an Executive Committee in which the government of the Association
shall be vested. It shall consist of the Association President,
President-Elect, Vice-President, Past-President, Secretary-Treasurer,
and nine Directors. At least one member of the Executive Committee
shall be a manufacturer’s representative.
The Directors will be designated as follows:
One AWWA-SD Section designated representative
One SDWEA designated representative
One manufacturers’ representative
Two people representing water and/or wastewater systems that serve less than 3300 people
Four at-large directors
The Officers of the Association shall be the Officers of the Executive Committee.
Article V-Robin Dykstra moved. Fletcher seconded. Motion passed.
Article VI
Duties of the Executive Committee
Section 6 …
All questions in the
Executive Committee shall be decided by a majority vote. Five
Eight members shall constitute a quorum. The Executive Committee
may vote by letter ballot upon questions submitted by letter from the
President and Secretray-Treasurer.
Article VI-Kittay moved. Konrad seconded. Motion passed.
Article VIII
Annual Business Meeting
This Association shall hold an annual business meeting. The place will be selected and the time set by the Executive Committee.
Section 1. The
Secretary-Treasurer shall make available an agenda send notice
to all members of the Association at least ten days before the annual
business meeting, giving titles of papers to be read and mentioning
any special business to be considered at said meeting.
Section 2. Amendments
to this Constitution may be proposed by a majority of the Executive
Committee, or through it, on a petition of ten (10) percent of the
eligible voting members. Amendments to this Constitution must first be
adopted by the Executive Committee prior to being voted upon by the
membership at-large present at the annual business meeting.
If adopted by the Executive Committee, written notice of the
proposed amendments shall be made available given to the
members at the time of their registration for any regular
prior to the annual business meeting. A two-thirds vote of the
members present at the annual business meeting shall be necessary for
ratification.
Article VIII-Fink moved. Robin Dykstra seconded. Motion passed.
These amendments will now be voted upon at the next business meeting.
2008 Conference: Kittay passed out a skeleton agenda for conference. SD WARN would like to hold their annual meeting on Thursday of the Conference. Randy Hilding will be coordinating a split session for small systems on Thursday afternoon with AWWA and WEA coordinating the other two sessions on Thursday afternoon. Fletcher suggested that a breakfast buffet be scheduled for Friday morning. It was also suggested that an ad be placed in the SD Municipal League magazine. Kittay noted that the conference topics were needed by July 10 for the flyer and presenter names by August 15 for the conference program. Kittay will also look into having the Wednesday nite picnic at Steamboat Park where it was held during the last conference in Pierre.
Other Business: None
Fletcher moved for adjournment. Doug Dykstra seconded. Meeting adjourned at 1:30 pm.
May 30, 2008
Rob Kittay, Secretary
Unapproved Minutes
SDWWA Board Meeting
January 9, 2008
Pierre, SD
Members Present: Rob Kittay, Vince Juelfs, Jim Raysor, Dan Fink, Robin Dykstra, Tyler Smith, Wayne Fletcher, Gary Englund, Doug Dykstra, Del DeBoer, Bill Selland
Member Absent: Peggi Badten, Thad Konrad, John Cloud
Others Present: Randy Hilding, Dan Graber, Jeff DeVille, Mitch Kannenberg, Chris Schmit
Call to Order: Raysor called the meeting to order at 11:38. A quorum was present. The Board introduced themselves.
Approval of Agenda: Fink moved to accept the amended agenda. Fletcher seconded. Motion passed.
Minutes: The minutes were emailed by Kittay and were on web site. Kittay stated that Petrik’s name was noted twice while Fletcher’s name had been omitted. DeBoer moved to approve amended minutes. Fletcher seconded. Motion passed.
Old Business: None
Treasurer’s Report: Kittay reported that, as of 12-17-2007, there was $31,003.87 in the checkbook plus the CD of around $3600. Several thousand dollars in checking account are designated for SDWWA Scholarship. Renewal notices have been sent and several hundred have been processed. They are now trickling in after the initial big rush. Raysor has been speaking to Verhey, and the scholarship fund is near $10,000. DeBoer moved to accept report. Englund seconded. Motion passed.
W/WW Seminar Reports: Graber represented the WW Seminar. The preliminary agenda is done. He will get agenda to Kittay by Feb 1 for flyer.
DeBoer spoke for the Water Seminar. All is done except perhaps one speaker is being sought. The flyers have been sent.
Raysor spoke about AWWA/WEF sharing revenue from seminars. Graber spoke about WEF perspective. Schmit added a few comments also. The OpCert topic was mentioned because of higher training and contact hour requirements. It is felt that the three groups need to get together to achieve some common goals. It was suggested that they should have a common meeting to get a direction. Schmit suggested a possible concept for the conference of a six member committee made up of all three groups. Perhaps a facilitator for the joint meeting would be needed. Kittay moved that a large group meeting be held. Selland seconded. Motion passed. Raysor asked Kittay to get a date at Oacoma in April for the meeting.
Other Committee Reports: None
“Source to Stream”: Kittay reviewed article assignments-
Article assignments-
November-Kittay, Dykstra,
Fink
February-Badten, Konrad, Juelfs
April-Raysor, Smith, Fletcher, Cloud
July-New directors, Englund
2008 Committee Formation: The Board formed the committees.
2007 Conference Review: There were a few comments.
Kittay moved for adjournment. Englund seconded. Meeting adjourned at 1:05 pm.
Rob Kittay,
Secretary
January 10,
2008
Unapproved Minutes
SDWWA 2007 Annual Business Meeting
Watertown, SD
Call to Order: By President Badten at 12:39 pm. Approximately 175 were in attendance.
Badten thanked Jim Raysor, WEA, and AWWA Section for their work on the Conference. She also reviewed the Tuesday nite Board meeting for the attendees.
Minutes: The minutes of the 2006 Business Meeting had been published on the SDWWA web site. Royalty moved for approval. Fletcher seconded. Motion passed.
Old Business: Badten called for Old Business. Verhey spoke about the SDWWA Scholarship for members’ children.
Officers for 2007-08: Badten announced that Jim Raysor would be the 2007-08 President and Wayne Fletcher would be the President-Elect.
Vice-President: The candidate from the Board was Gary Englund from Brookings. Badten called for nominations from the floor. Verhey moved that nominations cease, and a unanimous ballot be cast for Fletcher. Beoerger seconded. Motion passed.
Secretary/Treasurer: The candidate from the Board was Rob Kittay. Badten called for nominations from the floor. None were forthcoming. Merrigan moved that nominations cease, and a unanimous ballot be cast. Clark seconded. Motion passed.
Outgoing Directors: Chip Petrik, Vern Johnson, and Craig Wagner are the outgoing directors and were recognized.
New Directors for 2007-08: The three directors recommended by the Nominating Committee were Del DeBoer from SDSU, Doug Dykstra from Sioux Falls, and Bill Selland from Salem. Badten called for nominations from the floor. Kittay moved to accept the candidates. Hilding seconded. Motion passed.
Badten thanked the Association for allowing her to serve as President. The ceremonial passing of the gavel to 2007-2008 President Raysor took place.
Conference Watch: As tradition dictates, Kittay read the conference watch rules, and Hilding conducted the drawing. Ron Barber won the watch.
New Business: The sites of the future conferences were announced as follows: 2008-Pierre, 2009-Spearfish, 2010-Sioux Falls, 2011-Huron, and 2012-RC.
Adjournment: Merrigan moved for adjournment. Skinner seconded. Motion passed. Meeting adjourned at 12:52 pm.
Rob Kittay, Secretary
Date: 9-18-2007
Unapproved Minutes
SDWWA Board Meeting
September 11, 2007
Watertown, SD
Members Present: Rob Kittay, Vern Johnson, Chip Petrik, Peggi Badten, Craig Wagner, Chip Petrik, Thad Konrad, Vince Juelfs, Jim Raysor, John Cloud, Dan Fink
Member Absent: Robin Dykstra, Tyler Smith, Malcolm MacDonald
Others Present: Randy Hilding, Mrs John Cloud
Call to Order: Badten called the meeting to order at 6:07. A quorum was present. The Board introduced themselves.
Approval of Agenda: Fletcher moved to accept the amended agenda. Wagner seconded. Motion passed.
Minutes: The minutes were emailed by Kittay and were on web site. Johnson moved to approve minutes. Fink seconded. Motion passed.
Old Business: None
Treasurer’s Report: Kittay reported that there was $33,776.87 in the checkbook plus the CD ($3521.13). A full report of the income and payments was provided. Fletcher moved to accept report. Fink seconded. Motion passed.
Auditing Committee: Badten gave the report. Andrea Griese and Kevin Espeland were on the committee. The audit was done on September 5, 2007. There was $33,776.87 in checkbook, $3521.13 in the CD, and the books were in order. Kittay moved to accept the report. Johnson seconded. Motion passed.
Fink moved to increase the sec/treasurer honorium to $700. Wagner seconded. Motion passed.
Nominations Committee: Badten gave the report for the committee. The committee put forth Bill Selland from Salem, Doug Dykstra from Sioux Falls, and Del DeBoer from SDSU as directors. Gary Englund was nominated as VP. Kittay moved for acceptance. Petrik seconded. Motion passed.
“Source to Stream”: There were no problems, and it is fiscally solvent.
2007-2008 Officers: Raysor will be president, Badten will be past-president, and Fletcher will become president-elect.
Secretary-Treasurer-Johnson nominated Kittay with Petrik seconding. Motion passed. Kittay will be the Board’s candidate for S/T.
Scholarships: Kittay gave a brief description of previous years’ scholarship program. Kittay moved to continue scholarship program for 2007-2008 in the amount of $1000 to each school. JR seconded. Raysor spoke about possibly giving some money to a vo-tech. Motion passed.
Kittay moved to put $2000 into SDWWA scholarship. Raysor seconded. Motion passed.
2012 Conference: Kittay had made inquiries with RC Ramkota for the 2012 Conference. Petrik moved to accept this location. Wagner seconded. Motion passed.
2007 Conference Concerns: Badten asked about the Dakota Pump reception. Angello had been in contact with Kittay a number of times.
Other Business: Badten stated that SD AWWA and WEA asked about seminar setup and perhaps getting a share of the profits. Raysor indicated that SDWWA should meet in November and have the two groups state what they wanted.
Raysor moved for adjournment. Johnson seconded. Meeting adjourned at 8:00 pm.
Rob Kittay, Secretary
Unapproved Minutes
SDWWA Board Meeting
April 20, 2007
Oacoma, SD
Members Present: Peggi Badten, Jim Raysor, Wayne Fletcher, Rob Kittay, Vern Johnson, Chip Petrik, Craig Wagner, Tyler Smith, Thad Konrad, John Cloud, Vince Juelfs, Dan Fink
Member Absent: Robin Dykstra, Malcolm MacDonald,
Others Present:
Call to Order: Badten called the meeting to order at 11:40. A quorum was present. The Board introduced themselves.
Approval of Agenda: Kittay moved to accept the amended agenda. Raysor seconded. Motion passed.
Minutes: The minutes were emailed by Kittay and were on web site. Johnson moved to approve minutes. Cloud seconded. Motion passed.
Old Business: Some money is being collected for the SDWWA Scholarship. Verhey is looking for a way to invest this money.
Treasurer’s Report: Kittay reported that there was $36,486.03 (4/17/07) in the checkbook plus the CD with UBS of $3466.03 (3/30/07). Kittay just bought a new battery for computer and paid AWWA/WEF their allotments for 2007. The WW Seminar bill and the SDSU/SDSMT Scholarships have not been paid. Fletcher moved to accept report. Johnson seconded. Motion passed.
Water & WW Seminar Reports: Kittay indicated that the WW Seminar needed to get moving sooner. The WW Committee will be meeting during the Conference. A date and place needs to be determined ASAP.
Other Committee Reports: None
“Source to Stream”: Badten gave the report. Kittay is now in charge of check book. Kittay asked about the submittal dates and publishing dates.
2007 Committees: The Board formed committees for the year.
2007 Conference: The Conference is to be held in Watertown at the Ramkota on September 12-13-14. Smith will be getting the tabletop info out in June. The Board suggested ideas for possible presentations. The presentation ideas are needed by July 1 for the mailed flyers and presentation topics w/ names by July 20 for the program.
Other Business: Fink asked about prior t-shirt sales and what happened w/ it. Raysor said it could be a scholarship raising idea.
Fletcher moved for adjournment. Kittay seconded. Meeting adjourned at 1:02 pm.
Rob Kittay, Secretary
Unapproved Minutes
SDWWA 2006 Annual Business Meeting
September 14, 2006
Rapid City, SD
Call to Order: By President MacDonald at 12:31 pm. Approximately 175 were in attendance.
MacDonald thanked the WEA, AWWA Section, Local Arrangements Committee, and Commercial Committee for their work on the Conference. He also reviewed the Tuesday nite Board meeting for the attendees. Board is working on scholarship for children of SDWWA members. Also ads on web site may be possible.
Minutes: The minutes of the 2005 Business Meeting had been published in the SDWWA web site and provided at this meeting. Vansco moved for approval. Graber seconded. Motion passed.
Old Business: MacDonald called for Old Business, and there was none.
MacDonald announced that Peggi Badten would be the 2006-07 President and Jim Raysor would be the President-Elect.
Vice-President: The candidate from the Board was Wayne Fletcher from Brandon. MacDonald called for nominations from the floor. Kittay moved that nominations cease, and a unanimous ballot be cast for Fletcher. Dave Johnson seconded. Motion passed.
Secretary/Treasurer: The candidate from the Board was Rob Kittay. MacDonald called for nominations from the floor. None were forthcoming. Diez moved that nominations cease, and a unanimous ballot be cast. Raysor seconded. Motion passed.
Outgoing Directors: Gavin Graverson, Gayleen Lowe, and Gary Englund are the out going directors and were recognized.
Directors: The three directors recommended by the Nominating Committee were John Cloud from Lake Traverse, Dan Fink from Harrisburg, and Vince Juelfs from Huron. MacDonald called for nominations from the floor. Lowe moved to accept the candidates. Fletcher seconded. Motion passed.
MacDonald thanked the Association for allowing him to serve as President. The ceremonial passing of the gavel to 2006-2007 President Badten took place.
Honorary Member: Badten announced that Kim Verhey was approved by the Board as an Honorary Member. Yde moved to approve the nomination. Kittay seconded. Motion passed.
Conference Watch: As tradition dictates, Kittay read the conference watch rules, and Hilding conducted the drawing. Doug Byers of Sioux Falls was the winner.
New Business: The sites of the future conferences were announced as follows: 2007-Watertown; 2008-Pierre, 2009-Spearfish, 2010-Sioux Falls, and 2011-Huron.
The AWWA Young Professionals announced the results of the meter assembly competition.
Adjournment: Graber moved for adjournment. Van Cleave seconded. Motion passed. Meeting adjourned at 12:52 pm.
9-18-2006
Rob Kittay, Secretary
Unapproved Minutes
SDWWA Board Meeting
September 12, 2006
Rapid City, SD
Members Present: Rob Kittay, Gavin Graverson, Malcolm MacDonald, Al Erickson, Gayleen Lowe, Vern Johnson, Chip Petrik, Peggi Badten, Robin Dykstra, Tyler Smith, Craig Wagner, Chip Petrik, and Gary Englund
Member Absent: Thad Konrad
Others Present: Kim Verhey, Randy Hilding, Cindy Raysor, Pete Hesla, Mrs. Vern Johnson
Call to Order: MacDonald called the meeting to order at 6:01. A quorum was present. The Board introduced themselves.
Approval of Agenda: Englund would like to add a “clearinghouse of spare parts” to agenda. Dykstra moved to accept the amended agenda. Graverson seconded. Motion passed.
Minutes: The minutes were emailed by Kittay and were on web site. Raysor moved to approve minutes. Badten seconded. Motion passed.
Old Business: Kim Verhey had suggested a scholarship for SDWWA member children. He gave a presentation for some ideas that he had been working on. He suggested a number of methods to raise the money to establish an annuity. The plan would be to then use the interest every year for the scholarship. Raysor moved to appoint a committee to explore moving forward with this project. Wagner seconded. Motion passed. Wagner suggested that Verhey be chairperson for the committee. Raysor, Lowe, Smith, and Erickson volunteered to be on the committee.
Treasurer’s Report: Kittay reported that there was $27,718.86 in the checkbook plus the CD ($3360.87). A full report of the income and payments was provided. Lowe moved to accept report. Raysor seconded. Motion passed.
Auditing Committee: Kittay gave the report. Mark McIntire and Ron Ramsey were on committee. The audit was done on September 7, 2006. There was $25,714.55 in checkbook, $3360.87 in the CD, and the books were in order. Johnson moved to accept the report. Lowe seconded. Motion passed.
Nominations Committee: MacDonald gave the report for the committee. The committee put forth Dan Fink of Harrisburg and Vince Juelfs of Huron as directors. Wayne Fletcher was nominated as VP. Kittay moved for acceptance. Petrik seconded. Motion passed. The committee will contact John Cloud as another possible candidate.
Other Committee Reports: Lowe reported on the PR/SB Award. There was some disconcern from an SDWWA member on awards. Erickson said that it is the duty of someone to be nominated even if they do it themselves.
WW Seminar: Dan Graber will head the committee. A site and date needs to be picked.
“Source to Stream”: Erickson gave the report. Jan Kittay has resigned from all matters on magazine. A copy of the report was provided. A definition of what the Editorial Board is was made.
Article assignments-
November-Kittay, Johnson, Dykstra
February-MacDonald, Badten, Konrad
April-Raysor, Wagner, Smith, Petrik
July-New directors, Fletcher
2006-2007 Officers: Badten will be president, MacDonald will be past-president, and Raysor will become president-elect.
Secretary-Treasurer-Graverson nominated Kittay with Badten seconding. Motion passed. Kittay will be the Board’s candidate for S/T.
Scholarships: Kittay gave a brief description of previous years’ scholarship program. Kittay moved to continue scholarship program for 2006-2007. Badten seconded. Motion passed.
2010/2011 Conferences: Kittay had investigated some future sites-Sioux Falls 2010 and Huron 2011. Petrik moved to accept these locations. Badten seconded. Motion passed with three dissenting votes.
2006 Conference Concerns: Petrik stated that the door prizes were taken care of. Badten asked about AV equipment. There will be enough AV equipment.
Other Business: Englund spoke about an idea to get rid of spare parts from various systems. There was also talk about a question-and-answer email group. Kittay maintains an extensive email list of W/WW systems that could be used.
Verhey spoke about the web site. There is a possible advertiser. Verhey wanted to know if the Board wanted to allow ads. Badten moved that ads for website be $50 per year. Raysor seconded. Motion passed.
Graverson moved for adjournment. MacDonald seconded. Meeting adjourned at 8:00 pm.
September 18, 2006
Rob Kittay Secretary
Approved Minutes
SDWWA Board Meeting
May 16, 2006
Oacoma, SD
Members Present: Rob Kittay, Gavin Graverson, Malcolm Macdonald, Al Erickson, Gayleen Lowe, Vern Johnson, Chip Petrik, Jim Raysor, Peggi Badten, Craig Wagner, Thad Konrad, Robin Dykstra, and Gary Englund
Member Absent: Tyler Smith
Others Present: Jeff DeVille-AWWA-SD Section Representative
Call to Order: Macdonald called the meeting to order at 11:35 am. A quorum was present. The Board introduced themselves.
Approval of Agenda: Englund moved to accept the agenda with the deletion of scholarship agenda item. Badten seconded. Motion passed.
Minutes: The minutes were emailed by Kittay and were on web site. Kittay moved to approve minutes. Erickson seconded. Motion passed.
Old Business: Kittay notified the Board that the PA system had been purchased ($425). The Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans (SWBNO) sent a reply for the $1000 contribution that the Board approved during the September meeting.
Treasurer’s Report-Kittay gave the report. There is $3324.96 in the Piper Jaffray account and $31,139.42 in the checking account. He also indicated what was recently paid and recent deposits. Lowe moved to accept the report. Johnson seconded. Motion passed.
Water Seminar Report-Erickson gave the report of the seminar. All items with the seminar went well. There were 105 attendees. The 2007 will be held during the same week at the RC Ramkota. The committee will meet prior to the 2006 Conference.
Wastewater Seminar Report-Badten mentioned a few items. The seminar went well. The Awards Dinner was a success also.
There were no other committee reports.
Raysor entered meeting at 11:51 am.
2006 Committee Formation-MacDonald mentioned about the Siger Bies/Price-Rees Committee should select Honorary Members if there are any deserving members. Committees were formed. See attachment.
Conference Program Ideas-Badten is in charge of conference program. Ideas were offered by the board members. A program for the flyer and Source to Stream is needed by July 1. Final program is needed by August 10.
Adjournment-Graverson moved for adjournment. Dykstra seconded. Motion Passed. Meeting adjourned at 1:10 pm.
May 16, 2006
Rob Kittay
Secretary
Approved
Minutes
SDWWA 2005 Annual Business Meeting
September 15, 2005
Brookings, SD
Call to Order: By President Erickson at 12:30 pm. Approximately 175 were in attendance.
Erickson thanked the Local Arrangements Committee and Commercial Committee for their work. He noted that the SDWWA Executive Board voted to donate $1000 to the Katrina Relief work.
Minutes: The minutes of the 2004 Business Meeting had been published in the SDWWA web site. Hesla moved for approval. Royalty seconded. Motion passed.
Erickson called for Old Business, and there was none.
Erickson announced that Malcolm MacDonald would be the 2005-06 President and Peggi Badten would be the President-Elect.
Vice-President: The candidate from the Board was Jim Raysor from Deadwood. Erickson called for nominations from the floor. Kittay moved that nominations cease and a unanimous ballot be cast for Raysor. Odens seconded. Motion passed.
Secretary/Treasurer: The candidate from the Board was Rob Kittay. Erickson called for nominations from the floor. None were forthcoming. Van Cleave moved that nominations cease and a unanimous ballot be cast. England seconded. Motion passed.
Directors: The three directors recommended by the Nominating Committee were Thad Konrad from Tea, Robin Dykstra from Parker, and Tyler Smith as the manufacturers’ rep. Erickson called for nominations from the floor. BB moved to accept the candidates. Royalty seconded. Motion passed.
Erickson thanked the Association for allowing him to serve as President. The ceremonial passing of the gavel to 2005-2006 President MacDonald took place.
Conference Watch: As tradition dictates, Kittay read the conference watch rules, and Hilding conducted the drawing. Chancy Shrake of DENR was the winner. Busby and Mince also won prizes.
New Business: The sites of the future conferences were announced as follows: 2006-Rapid City; 2007-Watertown; and 2008-Pierre.
The AWWA Young Professionals announced the results of the meter assembly competition.
Adjournment: Kittay moved for adjournment. Erickson seconded. Motion passed. Meeting adjourned at 12:53 pm.
9-1-2006
Rob Kittay, Secretary
Approved
Minutes
SDWWA
Board Meeting
Members
Present:
Rob Kittay, Sue Hargens, Gavin Graverson, Malcolm Macdonald, Wayne Fletcher,
Tim Monson, Jeff Clark, Al Erickson, Gayleen Lowe, Vern Johnson, Chip Petrik,
Peggi Badten, Craig Wagner, and Gary Englund
Member
Absent:
Tim Monson and Sue Hargens
Others
Present:
Sheila Fletcher and Mrs Gary Englund
Call
to Order:
Erickson called the meeting to order at
Approval
of Agenda:
MacDonald moved to accept the agenda.
Minutes:
The minutes were emailed by Kittay and were on web site. Kittay moved to
approve minutes. Badten seconded. Motion passed.
Old
Business:
Kim Verhey had suggested a scholarship for SDWWA children. A committee was
formed. No action was taken.
Portable
PA system-No action taken. MacDonald moved to purchase the system. Badten
seconded. Motion passed.
Treasurer’s
Report:
Kittay reported that there was $19,475.23 in the checkbook plus the CD
($3230.84). A full report of the income and payments was provided. Englund
moved to accept report.
Auditing
Committee:
Kittay gave the report. Andrea Griese, Mark McIntire, and Bill Sarringar were
on committee. The audit was done on
Nominations
Committee:
Mac Donald gave the report for the committee. The committee put forth Robin
Dykstra from Parker, Thad Konrad from Tea, and Tyler Smith from DSG. Jim
Raysor from Deadwood was nominated as VP. Kittay moved for acceptance. Lowe
seconded. Motion passed.
Other
Committee Reports:
Lowe spoke about the Price-Rees Award committee.
Water/WW
Seminar:
Water Seminar committee had met. Topics were found. Dan Graber and Aaron Moen
are going to work with SD WEA and help with Wastewater Seminar program.
2005-2006
Officers:
MacDonald will be president, Erickson will be past-president, and Badten will
become president-elect.
Secretary-Treasurer-Graverson
nominated Kittay with
Scholarships:
Kittay gave a brief description of previous years’ scholarship program.
Kittay moved to continue scholarship program for 2005-2006. Englund seconded.
Motion passed.
2009
Conference:
Erickson spoke to owners group of the proposed Deadwood Ramkota. MacDonald
will talk to Spearfish Holiday Inn about 2009 Conference.
Newsletter:
Kittay explained the concept of a new combined newsletter with AWWA and WEA.
Badten said articles had been submitted and not published. Badten moved to
approve this new concept for the newsletter.
Board
members were assigned to submit articles for the newsletter as follows-
November-Kittay/Johnson/Petrik/Badten
Feb-Lowe/Graverson/Wagner
April-MacDonald/Erickson/Englund/Raysor
July-New
board members
2005
Conference Concerns:
Erickson was concerned w/ the Thursday night program for the banquet. He will
develop a program.
Other
Business:
Mike Reed, WEF President, stopped in to say hi and see what was going on at
meeting.
Kittay
suggested a Katrina Relief donation to help rebuilding there. Badten moved to
donate $1000 to relief in the affected area. Graverson seconded. Motion
passed. Badten/MacDonald will investigate and decide the specific group to
receive the donation.
Kittay
moved for adjournment. Badten seconded. Meeting adjourned at
Rob
Kittay
Date
Secretary
Approved
Minutes
Members
Present:
Rob Kittay, Sue Hargens, Randy Hilding, Gavin Graverson, Malcolm Macdonald,
Wayne Fletcher, Al Erickson, Gayleen Lowe, Vern Johnson, Chip Petrik, Craig
Wagner, and Gary Englund
Member
Absent:
Tim Munson, Jeff Clark, Peggi Badten
Others
Present:
Call
to Order:
Erickson called the meeting to order at
Approval
of Agenda:
Hargens moved to accept the agenda. Johnson seconded. Motion passed.
Minutes:
The minutes were emailed by Kittay and were on web site. MacDonald moved to
approve minutes. Lowe seconded. Motion passed.
Old
Business:
Kittay reported on LCD projector purchase. Kittay moved to accept the report.
Graverson seconded. Motion passed.
Treasurer’s
Report:
Kittay reported that there was $30,098.77 in the checkbook plus the CD
($3300). Some items haven’t been paid. Fletcher moved to accept report.
Englund seconded. Motion passed.
Seminar
Reports-Erickson
gave water report for Water Seminar. There were technical problems-computer
problems and versions of Powerpoint that were not up-to-date. It was suggested
that a person be assigned for technical issues for each session of seminar.
Also, presentations should be sent prior to seminar to coordinator so that
they can be loaded to computer and any problems could be ironed out before
seminar. Next year-Sioux Falls Ramkota
Dave
Van Cleave submitted a written report for the Wastewater Seminar. The Award
Banquet had 92 in attendance. VanCleave is willing to run the seminar again.
He wants to go a central location (Pierre or Oacoma) for 2006. Kittay moved
for acceptance of the reports. Hargens seconded. Motion passed.
Committees
for 2005-These
committees were formed. Englund moved to accept the committees. MacDonald
seconded. Motion passed.
2009-2010
Conference Sites-MacDonald
suggested that the Ramkota will have a facility in Deadwood. Kittay stated
that a firm reservation for the 2009 Conference should be obtained July 1.
Kittay had spoken to SF Ramkota for 2010. Kittay moved to accept these
Conference sites. Englund seconded. Motion passed.
2005
Conference Organization-Kittay
provided a skeleton for Conference. Brookings Inn will be able to hold
Business Luncheon on Thursday afternoon. There will be a WEF meeting during
displays. Some concern on part of a vendor that there were not supposed to be
meetings during displays.
Presentations
for 2005 Conference-The
Board suggested topics for Conference. MacDonald collected the ideas and will
form the program.
Other
Business:
Fletcher reported there were some hearing problems at some motels during
meetings. He did a search on projection equipment. He will do some more
checking on it.
Erickson
reported that Deb Callahan from SF asked about a Water Festival donation.
There are held in SF and a number of other cities. There was no motion forth
coming on this issue.
Kim
Verhey suggested that an SDWWA Scholarship be set up for children of SDWWA
members. Kittay moved that Verhey head a committee with Hargens/Erickson to
give a $500 scholarship. Englund seconded. Motion passed.
Hargens
moved for adjournment. Fletcher seconded. Meeting adjourned at
Rob
Kittay
Date
Secretary
Unapproved Minutes
SDWWA 2004 Annual Business Meeting
September 16, 2004
Aberdeen, SD
Call to Order: By President Hargens at 12:37 am. Approximately 150 were in attendance.
Hargens thanked the Local Arrangements Committee and Commercial Committee for their work.
Minutes: The minutes of the 2003 Business Meeting had been published in the SDWWA web site. Hemeyer moved for approval. Yde seconded. Motion passed.
Hargens called for Old Business, and there was none.
Hargens announced that Al Erickson would be the 2004-05 President and Malcolm MacDonald would be the President-Elect.
Vice-President: The candidate from the Board was Peggi Badten from Aberdeen. Hargens called for nominations from the floor. Kittay moved that nominations cease and a unanimous ballot be cast for Badten. Yde seconded. Motion passed.
Secretary/Treasurer: The candidate from the Board was Rob Kittay. Hargens called for nominations from the floor. None were forthcoming. Zeck moved that nominations cease and a unanimous ballot be cast. Merrigan seconded. Motion passed.
Sarringar, Erikson, and Hauger are the out-going directors.
Directors: The three directors recommended by the Nominating Committee were Vern Johnson from Alcester, Chip Petrik from Rapid City, and Craig Wagner from Hartford. Swanson called for nominations from the floor. Swanson moved to accept the candidates. Yde seconded. Motion passed.
Hargens thanked the Association for allowing her to serve as President. The ceremonial passing of the gavel to 2004-2005 President Erickson took place.
Conference Watch: As tradition dictates, Kittay read the conference watch rules, and Hilding conducted the drawing. Sid Munson from SDARWS was the winner. Jerry Adler and Jerry Hemyer also won prizes.
New Business: The sites of the future conferences were announced as follows: 2005-Brookings; 2006-Rapid City; 2007-Watertown; and 2008-Pierre. Two AWWA classes were also noted.
Adjournment: Yde moved for adjournment. Harris seconded. Motion passed. Meeting adjourned at 12:52 pm.
Rob Kittay, Secretary
Date- September 17, 2004
Unapproved Minutes
SDWWA Board Meeting
September 14, 2004
Aberdeen, SD
Members Present: Rob Kittay, Sue Hargens, Randy Hilding, Gavin Graverson, Bill Sarringar, Roger Hauger, Ray Erikson, Malcolm Macdonald, Wayne Fletcher, Tim Monson, Jeff Clark, Dave Van Cleave, Al Erickson, Gayleen Lowe, and Gary Englund
Member Absent: None
Others Present: Steve Diez, Randy Hilding, Pete Hesla
Call to Order: Hargens called the meeting to order at 6:17. A quorum was present. The Board introduced themselves.
Approval of Agenda: Englund moved to accept the agenda. Fletcher seconded. Motion passed.
Minutes: The minutes were emailed by Kittay and were on web site. Hauger moved to approve minutes. Erikson seconded. Motion passed.
Old Business: There was none.
Treasurer’s Report: Kittay reported that there was $19,343.23 in the checkbook plus the CD ($3189.65). A full report of the income and payments was provided. Sarringar moved to accept report. Graverson seconded. Motion passed.
Auditing Committee: Steve Diez gave the report. Andrea Griese, Steve Diez and Gayleen Lowe were on committee. The audit was done on September 3, 2004. There was $14,035.25 in checkbook and the books were in order. MacDonald moved to accept the report. Clark seconded. Motion passed.
Nominations Committee: Van Cleave gave the report for the committee. The committee put forth Vern Johnson from Alcester, Stan Petrik from Rapid City, and Craig Wagner from Hartford. Peggi Badten from Aberdeen was nominated as VP. Sarringar moved for acceptance. Kittay seconded. Motion passed.
Other Committee Reports: There were none.
WW Seminar: Dave Van Cleave volunteered to chair this committee. Al Erickson will ask a co-worker if he would help Dave.
2004-2005 Officers: Erickson will be president, Hargens will be past-president, and MacDonald will become president-elect.
Secretary-Treasurer-Erickson nominated Kittay with Graverson seconding. Sarringar moved that nominations cease. Graverson seconded. Motion passed. Kittay will be the Board’s candidate for S/T.
Scholarships: Kittay gave a brief description of previous years’ scholarship program. Kittay moved to continue scholarship program for 2004-2005. Clark seconded. Motion passed.
2004 Conference Concerns: Monson reports that there are 44 tabletops. Hesla would like to speak to the Executive Officers.
Other Business: Kittay brought a catalog that had with LCD projectors and inquired of the committee as to interest in purchasing a projector. Monson moved to purchase an LCD projector. Clark seconded. Kittay will check how powerful the DENR projector is. Motion passed.
Englund moved for adjournment. Hauger seconded. Meeting adjourned at 7:14 pm.
Rob Kittay, Secretary
Date- September 20, 2004
Unapproved Minutes
SDWWA Board Meeting
May 13, 2004
Oacoma, SD
Members Present: Rob Kittay, Sue Hargens, Gavin Graverson, Roger Hauger, Ray Erikson, Malcolm Macdonald, Wayne Fletcher, Tim Monson, Al Erickson, Gary Englund, Gayleen Lowe
Member Absent: Dave Van Cleave, Jeff Clark, Bill Sarringar
Call to Order: Hargens called the meeting to order at 11:42. A quorum was present. The Board introduced themselves.
Approval of Agenda: Kittay wanted to add Committee Formation to the agenda. Fletcher moved to accept the agenda. Hauger seconded. Motion passed.
Minutes: The minutes were emailed by Kittay. Van Cleave should be replaced by Kittay for ceasing nominations for Secretary/Treasurer. Erickson moved to approve minutes as corrected. Macdonald seconded. Motion passed.
Treasurer’s Report: Kittay reported that there was $20,744.87 in the checkbook plus the CD (approx $3200). Erikson moved to accept report. Graverson seconded. Motion passed.
Other Committee Reports: There were none.
Committee Formation: The Board formed committees for the upcoming year. Macdonald moved for approval of the committees. Erickson seconded. Motion passed.
2004 W/WW Seminars: Erickson will be heading up the Water Seminar with help from JR Yde. The Seminar will be held in February in RC Ramkota. The Wastewater Seminar leadership is still up in the air. Several names were suggested. Hargens will pursue this.
2004 Conference Ideas: Some general ideas for the conference schedule were discussed. Specific presentation ideas were given. Erickson is in charge of the program from SDWWA. AWWA-SD Section has volunteered to take care of one of the Thursday afternoon sessions. WEF has not responded as to their role.
Other Business: Kittay reminded the Board members that each one needs to submit an article for the Clarifier during the year.
Kittay moved for adjournment. Englund seconded. Meeting adjourned at 1:40 pm.
Rob Kittay
Secretary
Date- May 14, 2004
Unapproved Minutes
SDWWA 2003 Annual Business Meeting
September 11, 2003
Spearfish, SD
Call to Order: By President Hilding at 11:50 am. Approximately 140 were in attendance.
Hilding thanked the Local Arrangements Committee and Commercial Committee for their work.
Minutes: The minutes of the 2002 Business Meeting had been published in the SDWWA web site. Elcock moved for approval. DeBoer seconded. Motion passed.
Hilding called for Old Business, and there was none.
Hilding announced that Hargens would be the 2003-04 President and Erickson would be the President-Elect.
Vice-President: The candidate from the Board was Malcolm Macdonald from SDARWS. Hilding called for nominations from the floor. Swanson moved that nominations cease and a unanimous ballot be cast for Macdonald. Toscano seconded. Motion passed.
Secretary/Treasurer: The candidate from the Board was Rob Kittay. Hilding called for nominations from the floor. None were forthcoming. Swanson moved that nominations cease and a unanimous ballot be cast. Hughes seconded. Motion passed
Hilding thanked the Association for allowing him to serve as President. The ceremonial passing of the gavel to 2003-2004 President Sue Hargens took place.
Directors: The three directors recommended by the Nominating Committee were Garg Englund from Brookings, Gavin Graverson from Sioux Falls, and Gayleen Lowe from DENR-Pierre. Van Cleave called for nominations from the floor. Kittay moved that nominations cease and a unanimous ballot be cast. Buscher seconded. Motion passed. Hilding introduced the entire Board.
Conference Watch: As tradition dictates, Kittay read the conference watch rules, and Hilding conducted the drawing. Connie Silva from Madison was the winner. Senn, Back, Burtzlaff, and Bisgard also won prizes.
New Business: The sites of the future conferences were announced as follows: 2004-Aberdeen; 2005-Brookings; and 2006-Rapid City.
Adjournment: DeBoer moved for adjournment. Kittay seconded. Motion passed. Meeting adjourned at 1:07 pm.
Rob Kittay
Secretary
Date 8-30-2004
Unapproved Minutes
SDWWA Board Meeting
September 9, 2003
Spearfish, SD
Members Present: Rob Kittay, Sue Hargens, Randy Hilding, Shane Torgrude, Gavin Graverson, Bill Sarringar, Roger Hauger, Ray Erikson, Malcolm Macdonald, Wayne Fletcher, Tim Monson
Member Absent: Al Erickson, Dave Van Cleave, Jeff Clark
Others Present: Jan Frederick-Kittay
Call to Order: Hilding called the meeting to order at 7:12. A quorum was present. The Board introduced themselves.
Approval of Agenda: Sarringer moved to accept the agenda. Graverson seconded. Motion passed.
Minutes: The minutes were emailed by Kittay and were on web site. Fletcher moved to approve minutes as corrected. Monson seconded. Motion passed.
Old Business: There was none.
Treasurer’s Report: Kittay reported that there was $14,035.25 in the checkbook plus the CD ($3180.69). A full report of the income and payments was provided. Erikson moved to accept report. Macdonald seconded. Motion passed.
Auditing Committee: Sarringer gave the report. Andrea Griese, Bill Sarringer and Fred Snodderly were on committee. The audit was done on September 3, 2003. There was $14,035.25 in checkbook and the books were in order. Honorarium was not paid in 2002 and should be paid during September of each year. Hargens moved to accept the report. Graverson seconded. Motion passed.
Nominations Committee: Hilding gave the report for the committee. The committee put forth Gayleen Lowe from DENR, Gavin Graverson from Sioux Falls, and Gary Englund from Brookings Municipal Utilities. Graverson is actually filling in a term presently. Monson will become the Manufacturers’ Rep. Kittay moved for acceptance. Sarringer seconded. Motion passed.
Other Committee Reports: There were none.
2003-2004 Officers: Hargens will be president, Van Cleave will be past-president, and Erickson will become president-elect.
Secretary-Treasurer-The committee nominated Kittay with Hilding seconding. Van Cleave moved that nominations cease. Macdonald seconded. Motion passed. Kittay will be the Board’s candidate for S/T.
Vice-President-The committee nominated Macdonald and Graverson seconded. Erikson moved that nominations cease. Kittay seconded. Motion passed. Macdonald will be the Board’s candidate for VP.
Scholarships: Kittay gave a brief description of previous years’ scholarship program. Kittay moved to continue scholarship program for 2003-2004. Fletcher seconded. Motion passed.
2003 Conference Concerns: Hilding will have a moment of silence for 9/11.
Other Business: SDARWS wants to remove their phone number from Conference flyer.
Fletcher moved for adjournment. Hilding seconded. Meeting adjourned at 7:44 pm.
October 16, 2003
Rob Kittay
Secretary
Unapproved Minutes
SDWWA Board Meeting
April 25, 2003
Pierre, SD
Members Present: Rob Kittay, Sue Hargens, Randy Hilding, Shane Torgrude, Gavin Graverson, Bill Sarringar, Roger Hauger, Ray Erikson, Malcolm MacDonald, Wayne Fletcher, Tim Monson
Member Absent: Jeff Clark, Dave Van Cleave
Call to Order: Hilding called the meeting to order at 12:05. A quorum was present. The Board introduced themselves.
Approval of Agenda: Hargens moved to accept the agenda. Kittay seconded. Motion passed.
Minutes: The minutes were emailed by Kittay. Four "miniscule" corrections were made. Fletcher leave moved to approve minutes as corrected. Hargens seconded. Motion passed.
Treasurer’s Report: Kittay reported that there was $13,405.09 in the checkbook plus the CD ($3171.10). Scholarships and payments to SD AWWA and SD WEA still have to be made. Sarringar moved to accept report. Erikson seconded. Motion passed.
Committee Formation: The Board formed committees for the coming year. People will be informed by email and Clarifier.
2004 W/WW Seminars: Hilding clarified the Water Seminar leadership situation. Al Erickson of HDR will head-up the Water Seminar. Yde will be assisting Erickson. Hilding will speak to Jim Zeck to clarify the Wastewater Seminar situation.
2002 Conference Wrap-up: Torgrude indicated that the manufacturers’ tabletop displays were a little cramped. It was somewhat hard to hear at pool during Business Meeting.
2007/2008 Conferences: Kittay had done some preliminary work for future conferences. He moved that Watertown Ramkota hold the 2007 Conference and Pierre Ramkota hold the 2008 Conference. Erikson seconded. Motion passed.
Vice President: The Association needs to fill the VP position as the person nominated never wanted the position. Hargens nominated Al Erickson. Graverson seconded. RKittay moved that nominations cease and cast a unanimous ballot for Erickson. Macdonald seconded. Motion passed.
2003 Conference: The Business Meeting will be held at noon Thursday with luncheon. AWWA meeting will be held at 6:00 pm Tuesday and 4:30 pm Thursday. There again will be no spouses program. AWWA/WEA will form the Thursday afternoon programs. Ideas for presentations were given by the Board.
Other Business: Macdonald indicated that SDARWS is going to hold an advanced distribution workshop. He was looking for possible participation by SDWWA. He will bring a concrete proposal to the next Board meeting. There was no other business forthcoming.
The next meeting will be planned for the Conference.
WF moved for adjournment. RH seconded. Meeting adjourned at 7:44 pm.
Rob Kittay
Secretary
April 16, 2003
Unapproved Minutes
SDWWA 2002 Annual Business Meeting
September 11, 2002
Huron, SD
Call to Order: By President Hilding at 7:04 pm. Approximately 140 were in attendance.
Hilding thanked the Local Arrangements Committee and Commercial Committee for their work.
Minutes: The minutes of the 2001 Business Meeting had been published in Clarifier and the SDWWA web site. Bjerke moved for approval. Elcock seconded. Motion passed.
Auditing Committee Report: The report was given Andrea Griese. All balances were in proper order as of August 21, 2001. Bill Nelson moved for acceptance of the report. Barber seconded. Motion passed.
Hilding called for Old Business, and there was none.
Hilding thanked the Association for allowing him to serve as President. The ceremonial passing of the gavel to 2002-2003 President-Elect Dave Van Cleave took place.
It was announced that Mike Peterson, Lowell Corbin, and Vince Juelfs were the directors that would be leaving the Board.
Vice-President: The candidate from the Board was Kim Verhey from Kingbrook RWS. Van Cleave called for nominations from the floor. Back nominated Chuck Larson from Rapid City. Royalty seconded. Kittay moved that nominations cease. Clark seconded. Motion passed. An election was conducted and it was announced that Verhey was the VP.
Secretary/Treasurer: The candidate from the Board was Rob Kittay. Van Cleave called for nominations from the floor. None were forthcoming. Hilding moved that nominations cease and a unanimous ballot be cast. Barber seconded. Motion passed
Directors: The three directors recommended by the Nominating Committee were Jeff Clark from Wall, Tim Monson from Sioux Pipe, and Wayne Fletcher from Brandon. Van Cleave called for nominations from the floor. Zeck moved that nominations cease and a unanimous ballot be cast. Phalen seconded. Motion passed. Van Cleave introduced the entire Board.
Conference Watch: Kittay read the rules and Hilding conducted the drawing. Andre was the winner.
New Business: The sites of the future conferences were announced as follows: 2003-Spearfish; 2004-Aberdeen; 2005-Brookings; and 2006-Rapid City.
Adjournment: Elcock moved for adjournment. Yde seconded. Motion passed. Meeting adjourned at 7:22.
Rob Kittay
Secretary
8-13-2003
Unapproved Minutes
SDWWA Board Meeting
September 10, 2002
Huron, SD
Members Present: Rob Kittay, Sue Hargens, Randy Hilding, Cindy Swanson, Shane Torgrude, Gavin Graverson, Dave Van Cleave, Lowell Corbin, Mike Peterson, Vince Juelfs, Bill Sarringer, Roger Hauger, Ray Erickson
Member Absent: Malcolm MacDonald
Others Present: Jan Frederick-Kittay
Call to Order: Hilding called the meeting to order at 6:10. A quorum was present. The Board introduced themselves.
Approval of Agenda: Swanson moved to accept the revised agenda. Hargens seconded. Motion passed.
Minutes: The minutes were emailed by Kittay. Van Cleave moved to approve minutes as corrected. Peterson seconded. Motion passed.
Old Business: There was none.
Treasurer’s Report: Kittay reported that there was $6794.36 in the checkbook plus the CD ($3154.29). A full report of the income and payments was provided. Hilding moved to accept report. Corbin seconded. Motion passed.
Auditing Committee: Sarringer gave the report. Andrea Griese, Bill Sarringer and Fred Snodderly were on committee. The audit was done on August 21, 2001. There was $3095.06 in checkbook and the books were in order. Swanson moved to accept the report. Van Cleave seconded. Motion passed.
Nominations Committee: Swanson gave the report for the committee. The committee put forth Jeff Clark from Wall, Tim Munson from Sioux Pipe, and Wayne Fletcher from Beresford. Kittay moved for acceptance. Sarringer seconded. Motion passed.
2002-2003 Officers: Van Cleave will be president, Hilding will be past-president, and Hargens will become president-elect.
Secretary-Treasurer-Swanson nominated Kittay with Hilding seconding. Van Cleave moved that nominations cease. Mutual seconded. Motion passed. Kittay will be the Board’s candidate for S/T.
Vice-President-Corbin nominated Kim Verhey of Madison and Peterson seconded. Erickson moved that nominations cease. Kittay seconded. Motion passed. Verhey will be the Board’s candidate for VP.
Scholarships: Kittay gave a brief description of previous years’ scholarship program. Swanson moved to continue scholarship program for 2002-2003. Peterson seconded. Motion passed.
2002 Conference: Van Cleave indicated that one speaker will not be showing up for the WW session. Hilding will have a moment of silence for 9/11.
New Computer: The screen is going bad on the SDWWA laptop. Kittay asked for permission to spend $2000. Sarringer moved to allow association to spend $2000 for a new laptop. Hargens seconded. Motion passed
Kittay moved for adjournment. Swanson seconded. Meeting adjourned at 7:44 pm.
Rob Kittay
Secretary
October 16, 2002
Unapproved Minutes
SDWWA Board Meeting
April 26, 2002
Oacoma, SD
Members Present: Rob Kittay, Randy Hilding, Cindy Swanson, Shane Torgrude,
Dave Van Cleave, Lowell Corbin, Vince Juelfs, Roger Hauger, Malcolm
MacDonald, Ray Erikson
Member Absent: Mike Peterson, Sue Hargens, Bill Sarringer
Call to Order: Hilding called the meeting to order at 12:15. A quorum was
present. The Board introduced themselves.
Approval of Agenda: Kittay wanted to add Clarifier to the agenda. Kittay
moved to accept the revised agenda. MacDonald seconded. Motion passed.
Minutes: The minutes were emailed by Kittay. Swanson moved to approve
minutes as corrected. Corbin seconded. Motion passed.
Treasurer's Report: Kittay reported that there was about $6797.26 in the
checkbook plus the CD-$3140.80. Van Cleave moved to accept report. Hilding
seconded. Motion passed.
Reports from Standing Committees-No reports
Clarifier-No articles have been submitted for Clarifier by Board. Each
Board member needs to submit by May 10 or July 1. Kittay asked about
pictures in Clarifier.
2002 Committee Formation-The Board filled out names for each of the SDWWA
2002 Committees.
Water and Wastewater Seminars-JR Yde has resigned as Water Seminar
Chairperson. Hilding will look into the leadership of each seminar.
2001 Conference Review-Kittay summarized conference. Conference and
speakers were good in consideration of events of September 11, 2001. Some
manufactures' reps wanted more time for displays. Some were switching
spots without permission. Torgrude will do a reconnaissance of Crossroads
for setup for tabletop displays.
2005 Conference Site-Kittay move for Brookings Inn. Swanson seconded.
Motion passed.
Resignation of Greg Anderson-MacDonald to accept the resignation. Corbin
seconded. Motion passed. Kittay moved for Gavin Graverson of Sioux Falls.
Van Cleave seconded. Motion passed.
Conference Ideas-The Board gave ideas to Van Cleave for possible
presentations for Conference. He will coordinate w/ AWWA and WEA on
subjects and will develop a schedule for Conference.
Other Business-There was none.
Next Meeting-The next Board meeting will be held on September 10, 2002 at
6:00 pm at the Huron Crossroads.
Kittay moved for adjournment. MacDonald seconded.
Meeting adjourned at
1:49.
Rob Kittay
Secretary
July 26, 2002
Unapproved Minutes
September 12, 2001
Yankton, SD
SDWWA Annual Business Meeting
Call to Order: By President Swanson at 7:10 pm. Approximately 140 were in
attendance.
Swanson thanked the Local Arrangements Committee and Commercial Committee
for their work.
Minutes: The minutes of the 2000 Business Meeting had been published in
Clarifier and the SDWWA web site. Elcock moved for approval. Harts
seconded. Motion passed.
Auditing Committee Report: The report was given by Ray Birchem. Andrea
Griese and Bill Sarringer were also on the committee. All balances were in
proper order as of August 21, 2001. Checkbook balance was $3023.40, and
there was $3095.06 was in the Piper Jaffrey account. Dennis Sparks moved for
acceptance of the report. Linda Harris seconded. Motion passed. This was Ray
Birchem's last report as part of the Auditing Committee as he will be
retiring.
Swanson called for Old Business, and there was none.
Swanson thanked the Association for allowing her to serve as President. The
ceremonial passing of the gavel to 2001-2002 President-Elect Randy Hilding
took place.
It was announced that Mike Boerger, Randy William, and Sue Hargens were the
directors that would be leaving the Board.
Vice-President: The candidate from the Board was Sue Hargens from Mid-Dakota
RWS. Hilding called for nominations from the floor. None were forthcoming.
Rob Kittay moved that nominations cease and a unanimous ballot be cast. JR
Yde seconded. Motion passed.
Directors: The three directors recommended by the Nominating Committee were
Bill Sarringar-Mid-Dakota RWS, Roger Hauger-Vermillion, and Ray
Erikson-Murdo. Hilding called for nominations from the floor. Yde moved that
nominations cease and a unanimous ballot be cast. Dave Odens seconded.
Motion passed. Hilding introduced the entire Board.
Conference Watch: Kittay read the rules and Hilding conducted the drawing.
Craig Nussbaum was the winner.
New Business: The sites of the future conferences were announced as follows:
2002-Huron; 2003-Spearfish; 2004-Aberdeen; 2005-Brookings; and 2006-Rapid
City.
Adjournment: Kittay moved for adjournment. Yde seconded. Motion passed.
Meeting adjourned at 7:40.
Rob Kittay
Secretary
Unapproved Minutes
SDWWA Board Meeting
September 11, 2001
Yankton, SD
Members Present: Rob Kittay, Sue Hargens, Randy Hilding, Cindy Swanson, Mike Boerger, Greg Anderson, Shane Torgrude
Member Absent: Randy William, Malcolm MacDonald, Jim Zeck, Dave Van Cleave, Lowell Corbin, Mike Peterson
Others Present: Jan Frederick, Ray Birchem, Ron Back
Call to Order: Swanson called the meeting to order at 6:44. A quorum was present. The Board introduced themselves.
Approval of Agenda: Kittay wanted to add Bob Carr’s resignation to agenda. Hargens moved to accept the revised agenda. Hilding seconded. Motion passed.
Bob Carr Resignation from Board: Vince Juelfs name was put into nomination as a replacement. Kittay moved for acceptance of Juelfs. Boerger seconded. Motion passed.
Minutes: The minutes were emailed by Kittay. Anderson moved to approve minutes as corrected. Boerger seconded. Motion passed.
Treasurer’s Report: Kittay reported that there was about $3434.40 in the checkbook plus the CD. Anderson moved to accept report. Torgrude seconded. Motion passed.
Auditing Committee: Birchem gave the report. Bill Sarringer and Andrea Griese were on committee. The audit was done on August 21, 2001. There was $3095.06 in checkbook and the books were in order. Boerger moved to accept the report. Anderson seconded. Motion passed.
Nominations Committee: Hargens gave the report for the committee. The committee put forth Paul Brunick of Vermillion, Bill Sarringer of Mid-Dakota RWS, and Ray Erikson of Murdo. Hargens moved for acceptance. Boerger seconded. Motion passed.
2001-2002 Officers: Hilding will be president, Swanson will be past-president, and Van Cleave will become president-elect.
Secretary-Treasurer-Boerger nominated Kittay with Swanson seconding. Anderson moved that nominations cease. Torgrude seconded. Motion passed. Kittay will be the Board’s candidate for S/T.
Vice-President-Swanson nominated Hargens and Boerger seconded. Kittay moved that nominations cease. Hilding seconded. Motion passed. Hargens will be the Board’s condidate for VP.
Scholarships: Kittay gave a brief description of previous years’ scholarship program. Swanson moved to continue scholarship program for 2001-2002. Kittay seconded. Motion passed.
Other Business: Water Seminar-Doug Anderson said that the SD AWWA Section would be willing to ramrod the seminar. Hargens moved to allow them to do so. Boerger seconded. Motion passed.
2001 Conference-Hilding will adjust program as necessary and speak to caterer concerning possible attendance problems due the events of the day.
Kittay moved for adjournment. Torgrude seconded. Meeting
adjourned at 7:44 pm.
April 22, 2001
Rob Kittay
Secretary
June 8, 2001
SDWWA Board Meeting
Pierre, SD
Unapproved Minutes
Members Present: Rob Kittay, Jim Zeck, Mike Peterson, Sue Hargens, Randy Hilding, Cindy Swanson, Lowell Corbin, Mike Boerger, Greg Anderson, Dave Van Cleave
Member Absent: Bob Carr, Randy William, Malcolm MacDonald
Others Present: Del DeBoer and Doug Anderson
Call to Order: Swanson called the meeting to order at 12:08. A quorum was present. The Board introduced themselves.
Approval of Agenda: Kittay wanted to add Bob Carr’s resignation to agenda. Boerger moved to accept the revised agenda. Kittay seconded. Motion passed.
Bob Carr Resignation from Board: Carr sent a letter to the Board indicating he was resigning as he did not have the time to devote to the Board. Van Cleave moved to accept the resignation. Kittay seconded. Motion passed. The position will be filled at the next meeting.
Minutes: The minutes were emailed by Kittay. Hilding moved to approve minutes as corrected. Boerger seconded. Motion passed.
Treasurer’s Report: Kittay reported that there was about $14,761.08 in the checkbook plus the CD. Torgrude moved to accept report. Boerger seconded. Motion passed.
Web Site Review: Kittay said to delay putting Clarifier on web by a quarter each time. Advertisers would not be put in. Power point presentations can be put out there. Award applications are there now.
Clarifier: Swanson indicated that the next issue deadline is July 15 and which Board members needed to supply articles. Up-to-date exam dates were needed for the Clarifier.
Committee Reports: Wastewater Seminar report by Zeck-He would like to work w/ a co-leader for next year’s seminar. Peterson said he would assist w/ this. He spoke about state rates & Mitchell Holiday Inn. Date & place of next year’s seminar will be determined by committee.
Nominations Committee-Zeck gave some information from this committee. Kittay said to let this committee determine the replacement for Carr.
2001 Conference: The general format for the conference was discussed. Hilding led discussion as he is in charge of the program. The business luncheon cannot be held on Thursday afternoon as was done last year. Zeck moved to have business meeting on Wednesday evening. Hargens seconded. It was suggested that Hilding figure out the logistics of having this meeting on Wednesday. Motion passed.
Del DeBoer and Doug Anderson proposed that AWWA-SD Section set up the Thursday afternoon water session and would then have the AWWA business meeting after that session. DeBoer also indicated some proposed topics. Torgrude indicated that 8:00-noon on Thursday for tabletop displays was again desired. Van Cleave would like WEF to plan the Thursday wastewater session.
Kittay moved to allow WEF to coordinate the Thursday wastewater session. Hilding seconded. Motion passed.
Presentation ideas for the conference were given by the Board.
Other Business: There was none.
Next Meeting: The next Board meeting will be on September 11
at 6:00 pm at Yankton Kelly Inn prior to conference.
Adjournment: Hargens moved for adjournment. Anderson seconded. Motion
passed. Meeting adjourned at 2:04 pm.
Rob Kittay
Secretary- July 11, 2001
January 11, 2001
SDWWA Board Meeting
Pierre, SD
Unapproved Minutes
Members Present: Rob Kittay, Jim Zeck, Mike Peterson, Sue Hargens, Randy
Hilding, Randy William, Cindy Swanson, Lowell Corbin, Mike Boerger, Malcolm
MacDonald
Member Absent: Bob Carr, Greg Anderson, Dave Van Cleave
Others Present: Kevin Paulson
Call to Order: Swanson called the meeting to order at 12:08. A quorum was
present. The Board introduced themselves.
Approval of Agenda: Peterson moved to approve agenda. Kittay seconded.
Motion passed.
Minutes: The minutes were passed out by Kittay. Zeck moved to approve
minutes as corrected. Hargens seconded. Motion passed.
Treasurer's Report: Kittay reported that there was about $1354.28 in the
checkbook plus the CD. William moved to accept report. MacDonald seconded.
Web Site Review: Kim Verhey has set up a web site for SDWWA. Kittay was to
have minutes added.
Clarifier: Swanson spoke about the Clarifier. Kristy Ward from AWWA asked
about changing editors.
2001 Conference Preparation: Spouses Program-It was felt that the spouses
program is not worth doing because of low attendance and the amount of
effort to do such. Swanson moved and Hargens seconded to not have a spouses
program. Motion passed. Hilding spoke about his inspection of Kelly Inn. The
luncheon will not be able to be held on Thursday.
Committee Formation: The Board proceeded to make committee assignments.
Committee Reports: Zeck-Wastewater Seminar-The seminar will be held in
Mitchell March 29-30. Zeck will checking w/ Stack on progress. Talk centered
about rotating chairpersons for these seminar committees. Chairs should draw
up items that need to be handled for each seminar.
Kittay delivered info for Yde about water seminar.
Other Business: Swanson asked about money given to AWWA from SDWWA.
Next Meeting: The next Board meeting will be in April or May in Oacoma. The
specific day will be set by President.
Kittay gave new email address of robkittay@aol.com
Adjournment: Zeck moved for adjournment. Boerger seconded. Motion passed.
Meeting adjourned at 1:03 pm.
Rob Kittay
Secretary
September 14, 2000
SDWWA 2000 Annual Business Meeting
Rapid City, SD
Unapproved Minutes
Call to Order: By President Jim Zeck at 12:36 pm. Approximately 139 were in attendance.
Zeck thanked the Local Arrangements Committee for their work to prepare for Conference and Doug Herron for arranging the golf tournament.
Minutes: The minutes of the 1999 Business Meeting had been published in Clarifier. Yde moved for approval. Elcock seconded. Motion passed.
Auditing Committee Report: The report was given by Ray Birchem. September 8, 2000 was date of audit. Vern Thorson & Bill Sarringer were also on the committee. All balances were in proper order. Checkbook balance was $5745.98 and there was $2938.79 was in the Piper Jaffrey account. Cindy Swanson moved for acceptance of the report. Dave Van Cleave seconded. Motion passed.
The ceremonial passing of the gavel to 2000-2001 President-Elect Swanson took place.
Vice-President: The candidate from the Board was Dave Van Cleave from Rapid City. Swanson called for nominations from the floor. None were forthcoming. Kim Verhey moved that nominations cease and a unanimous ballot be cast. John Scheltens seconded. Motion passed.
Secretary/Treasurer: The candidate from the Board was Rob Kittay. Swanson called for nominations from the floor. None were forthcoming. Van Cleave moved that nominations cease and a unanimous ballot be cast. Randy Hilding seconded. Motion passed.
Directors: The three directors recommended by the Nominating Committee were Malcolm MacDonald-SDARWS, Greg Anderson-Sioux Falls, and Shane Torgrude-Dakota Supply Group. Swanson called for nominations from the floor. Eldon Christians moved that nominations cease and a unanimous ballot be cast. Dave Odens seconded. Motion passed. Swanson introduced the entire Board.
HDR Engineering held a drawing to give away a putter. The winner was Brenda Frost.
Conference Watch: Kittay read the rules and Hilding conducted the drawing. Mark Perry was the winner.
New Business: The sites of the future conferences were announced as follows: 2001-Yankton; 2002-Huron; 2003-Spearfish; 2004-Aberdeen; 2005-Brookings; and 2006-Rapid City.
Adjournment: Birchem moved for adjournment. George Vansco
seconded. Motion passed. Meeting adjourned at 12:53.
Rob Kittay
Secretary